Vietnam War

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  • Creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

    On September 2,1945 Ho Chi Minh declared independence from the French. They decided to split the country up into two. They were divided by the 17 parallel.
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    Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the battle of Vietnams freedom. They fought against the French. They won and gained their freedom.

  • Creation of the 17th parallel between North and South Vietnam

    When Vietnam won and gained there freedom there were communist and non communist. The Geneva Accords established a way to make divide it. They used the 17th parallel.

  • Establishment of the National Liberation Front

    The Establishment of the National Liberation Front was a plan to overthrow south Vietnamese government. This was one of the main reasons that the war started. The US then started to help South Vietnamese more.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident and Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was 2 US destroyers that were stationed in the Golf of Tonkin. They believed that they were fired at by North Vietnamese. The resolution was saying that President Johnson can take any measure he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
    Start of the war.
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    Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder was bombings in Vietnam. The plan was to force Ho Chi Minh to abandon his ambition to take over South Vietnam.

  • US combat troops arrive in Vietnam

    This was the first time that we had troops in Vietnam. we had 3,500 marines. following this many more troops with come to Vietnam US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
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    Tet Offensive

    The Tet Offensive was multiple attacks on South Vietnamese city's planed out. They took over the city's and killed a lot of people. We then help the South Vietnamese to take back the city's that we had.

  • My Lai Massacre

    The My Lai Massacre was a group of solider who went into a city to try and find Viet Cong soldiers. They did not find any and yet they still killed and the men women and children. Over 500 people were killed that day.
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    1968 Democratic National Convention

    During the 1968 Democratic National Convention protest happened outside of it. Police, national guard, and army soldiers were called to help keep it peaceful. This helped the public show there opinion on the war
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    1968 Democratic National Convention

    the 1968 Democratic National Convention was a convention which had a lot of protesters outside of it. it got violent.

  • 1968 Presidential Election

    The 1968 Presidential Election was a close one. The former vice president Richard Nixon won. The democrats had a problem they had 5 different view points in the party.

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    this was a court case about people who would wear stuff about the protest. they were suspended until they took it off. they went to court and found that they could wear whatever they wanted as long as it wasnt a distraction in school.
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    Woodstock 1969

    this was a concert in new york. over a half million people attended.

  • Kent State University Protest

    There was a protest outside of Kent state. The Ohio national guard opened fire. They killed 4 and wounding 9 students. This event started nation wide student strikes.

  • Pentagon Papers

    The New York Times published the first installment of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret history of the Vietnam War
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    Watergate

    The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation

  • 1973 Paris Peace Accords

    the end of the war. US pulled out of Vietnam .

  • United States vs. Nixon

    United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a unanimous decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court

  • Fall of Saigon

    Happened when we were leaving south Vietnam. there was people every where and people tried to come home with us.

  • Jackson State College Protest

    this was a protest at Jackson State College. it turned violent and killed 2 people and injured 12.